[meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jul 29 23:39:29 2006 Message-ID: <BAY104-F8F69E17AE42D9E9DB743FF85F0_at_phx.gbl> Hi, Dean and Joe, For me, holding a meteorite in my hand while watching for meteors somehow brings it all into perspective. Cheers, Pete From: joseph_town_at_att.net To: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com> CC: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:16:48 +0000 Dean, One meteor a minute is a pretty fine display! If you want the latest information from the best observers in the world, subscribe to the meteorobs mailing list. Clear skies, Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com> > I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue > observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as > some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting > more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same > time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same > area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of > starting in the same place as if it broke apart). > Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last > weekend there were lots also and my friend said that > he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party > unfortunately). > We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. > I got the name "Southern Delta Aquarids" a few minutes > ago from searching google wondering if there was > indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but > I dont know if I have the name right. > This was my first ever meteor shower and the first > time I was ever able to look up and really expect to > see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it > was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a > minute. How does that compare to normal meteor > showers? > The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen > all the way down. > Cheers > DEAN > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes. http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing Received on Sat 29 Jul 2006 11:39:23 PM PDT |
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